Dompierre, Vaud
Dompierre is a municipality in the district Broye Vully the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Geography
Dompierre is on 713 m above sea level. M., 13 km south of the district town Payerne ( straight line ). The scattered village extends on a plateau east of the valley of the middle Broye, in the eastern canton of Vaud Mittelland.
The area of 3.2 km ² large municipality area includes a portion of the Molassehügellandes between the Broyetal and the upper Glânetal. The area is drained by the Seyve, a source stream of the Ruisseau de Seigneux, for Broye. The deeply cut by erosion into the hillside stream in parts forms the northern border. To the west of the municipality floor extends over the gently inclined to the Broye facing hillside to hillside La Crétat (680 m above sea level. M. ) and up into the forest Grand Bois. To the east of the Valley of Seyve is the Bois de Léchaire. On the crest of the hill ridge between the Broye and the Glânetal is 800 m above sea level. M. in the Bois de Billens reached the highest point of Dompierre. From the municipality surface 1997 6 % came from settlements, 23 % of forest and woody plants and 71% to agriculture.
At Dompierre the hamlet of Les Granges de Dompierre include (641 m above sea level. M. ) on the upper east flank of the Broye as well as several individual farms. Neighboring communities of Dompierre are Prévonloup, Lovatens, Curtilles, Seigneux and Villars- Bramard in the canton of Vaud and Romont in the canton of Fribourg.
Population
With 252 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) Dompierre is one of the small communities of the Canton of Vaud. Of the 93.5 % inhabitants are French-speaking, 4.5 % and 1.2 % in German and Spanish speaking (as of 2000). The population of Dompierre amounted in 1850 to 371 residents in 1900 to 339 inhabitants. Thereafter, until 1980, by strong emigration recorded a further decrease by almost 50 % to 183 inhabitants; Since then, the population increased again slightly.
Economy
Dompierre was until the second half of the 20th century, mainly coined by farming village. Even today, the farming, fruit growing and cattle breeding have an important role in the economic structure of the population. More jobs are in small local manufacturing and services available. In recent decades, the village has developed into a residential community. Some employed persons are therefore commuters who work in the surrounding larger towns.
Traffic
The community is located off the major thoroughfares, yet is within easy reach of Lucens and Romont. By Postbus course, which runs from Payerne to Romont, Dompierre is connected to the network of public transport.
History
The first written mention of the village was carried out in 1228 under the name Donperro, probably existed the village but quite a few centuries earlier. The place name is derived from the Latin word dominus ( Lord, owner) and the name Pierre (Peter ). Another Latin name for the village is Templum Peter.
Dompierre was owned by the Bishop of Lausanne, who presented the tithe the Lausanne cathedral chapter. From the 13th to the 15th century, a local noble family is known, which took the name de Dompierre. With the conquest of Vaud by Bern in 1536, Dompierre came under the administration of the bailiwick Moudon. After the collapse of the ancien régime, the village belonged from 1798 to 1803 during the Helvetic Republic to the canton of Geneva, who came up then with the enactment of the Act of Mediation in the canton of Vaud. 1798 was assigned to the District Moudon.
Attractions
Since the 12th century, possibly even earlier, was located in Dompierre a church. At the site of the medieval building the present church was erected in 1839, during the rectory dates from 1752. In the old town some typical farmhouses dating from the 17th to 19th centuries have been preserved.